Detergents for Cell Lysis and Protein Extraction | Thermo ...
Detergents are amphipathic molecules, meaning they contain both a nonpolar "tail" having aliphatic or aromatic character and a polar "head". Ionic character of the polar head group forms the basis for broad classification of detergents; they may be ionic (charged, either anionic or cationic), nonionic (uncharged), or zwitterionic (having both positively and negatively charged groups but with a ...